Union Academy
Education Administration ProgramsNorth Carolina, United States201-500 Employees
Union Academy is a public K-12 charter school located in Monroe, North Carolina, founded in 2000. The school emphasizes rigorous academics alongside character development within a collaborative, service-oriented culture. It has earned national and state recognition for character and performance, including National School of Character and NC State School of Character honors in 2016 and 2021, and an A grade on the 2018 NC Performance Grade. In addition, the institution has been acknowledged as a Top Workplace in the Charlotte region in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and was named Healthiest Workplace in 2020. In 2026, Union Academy’s DECA program earned School-Based Enterprise Certification for the 2025-2026 school year and was set to be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Atlanta.